Singer Muni Long, who has been performing on Monica and Brandy’s The Boy Is Mine tour in recent weeks, is now dropping out due to health issues. Long announced her decision in a post on Instagram on Saturday.
What did Muni Long say about dropping out of The Boy Is Mine tour?
In her post on Instagram, Long revealed that doctors have advised her to take a break from performing.
“As many of you know, I’ve been battling some health issues throughout The Boy Is Mine Tour,” she wrote on social media. “Despite doing everything I can to push through, my doctors have made it clear that it’s not safe for me to continue with the remaining dates of the tour.”
Long also told her fans that she will truly miss seeing them and she’s “incredibly grateful for the opportunity.”
“Thank you to @brandy and @monicadenise for having me and sharing the stage with me,” she wrote. “I can’t wait to see you all again. Stronger than ever.”
The Boy Is Mine tour, featuring Long, Kelly Rowland, Coco Jones, and Jamal Roberts, began in October. Long, however, first told her fans on Oct. 25 that she would miss the Chicago and Kansas City performances because she had pneumonia, The Grio reported. While Long was recovering, Mya came in as an opener to fill her spot.
Now, with Long having to miss the rest of the tour, organizers have announced that the performances will still go on as scheduled.
“Muni has been phenomenal throughout this tour, her voice, her presence, and her energy brought something truly unforgettable to every city we visited,” the tour’s Instagram page stated. “We are deeply grateful for all she gave, and we fully support her decision to put her health first. Please join us in sending Muni love, strength, and healing energy as she takes the time she needs to recover.”
What is the health issue Muni Long has been facing in recent years?
While she didn’t specifically talk about her health issues in her latest Instagram post, Long has previously opened up about living with lupus, the Grio reported.
“Lupus really be having EVERYTHING hurting,” Long wrote on Threads in August. “Like bro how tf I got on tights and they are hurting the skin on my legs. Like it’s throbbing down my leg. I didn’t even know that was possible. Sometimes it hurts to have clothes on. And this is almost every day I gotta deal with this. And people? It’s tew much.”
Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease which specifically affects Black women, happens when the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues.
“[People with lupus] have little signs, right? Like my fingertips will start turning blue. My skin will get really pale,” Long told People in an interview earlier this year. “I’ll start looking super white. Which is hard to imagine because I’m brown-skinned. But literally my skin will turn like a light, ashy color.”